Design for a Better Philippines

The UXPH event was a talk I never knew I needed, after weeks on working to finish my 1st project, I never knew the talk would inspire me and give me a heads up on the next steps that I should take once I feel like I'm ready to apply for an internship or a job if I'm lucky enough. Truly, an inspiring event.

Kudos to the UXPH team! Thank you so much for conducting this super interactive conference! The talks are really helpful for everyone too — lots of insights and knowledge to be added to my book. The community is so active and that’s super awesome!

I really appreciate that UXPH put together a free event like this and that the speakers were generous of their knowledge and experience. A couple of months ago, we researched as much as we could on designing for VR and your groups were the only ones who were able to provide the information that we needed, which could apply to us here in the Philippines. I have mad respect for you guys!

As a student who is just starting to explore on my career options, the panel discussion on "Shaping Your UX Career" broadened my understanding of the UX industry. It was especially nice to know the origin story of each speaker, and how each of them were from different fields and just transitioned to UX. This proves to me that it is never too late to pursue anything as long as you choose to do so.

It was in volunteering with my particular role that I realize what I actually really wanted to do. While it's not the same with the title I hold now, but UXPH helped me identify what I really liked doing the most! 

One important thing that I learned from this year's UXPH event, is that in order for a UX Designer to be effective, empathy should be a driving factor to your decision-making process, and having empathy means breaking your own mental model, so you should be much more open to every social and cultural possibilities of uniqueness, and be an effective advocate of change.